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撒克遜人

简撒克逊人 · 繁撒克遜人

Mandarin · pinyin Sā kè xùn rén

Saxon (people)

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撒: sā · release, cast away, let go; disperse; relax
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
逊: xùn · humble, modest; yield

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1–4–4–2 · Sa1 ke4 xun4 ren2

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saat3 hak1 seon3 jan4

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noun

Saxon; a member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it

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